altered

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adjective

1. changed in form or character without becoming something else (Freq. 1)
- the altered policy promised success
- following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
- "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
• Ant:
unaltered
• Similar to:
adjusted, changed, emended, edited, paraphrastic, revised
2. having testicles or ovaries removed
• Syn:
neutered
• Similar to:
castrated, unsexed
3. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- seeds precisely adapted to the area
- instructions altered to suit the children's different ages
• Syn:
adapted
• Similar to:
modified